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ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comFri, 18 Aug 2017 03:20:19 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: CKLhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/18/brees-brilliant-approach-gives-him-cover-with-the-fan-base/#comment-1792185
Sat, 19 May 2012 14:09:32 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1792185To all the “give him whatever he wants” people, I sure wish I were a top contractor and I was bidding for a job for your home. Oh wait, that’s YOUR money then? No deal? You want to negotiate the rate? You want to look at cheaper alternatives? I’m a jerk for refusing to negotiate my rate despite a really good offer from you? Oh well. Everybody loves to spend other people’s money freely, I’ll leave it at that.
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Sat, 19 May 2012 09:24:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791956Shut up idiots, he deserves the money. I am a die hard Saints fan, have been my whole life. Now, this is the man who came in and finally not only got us to the Super Bowl, but, won it for us. PAY DA MAN, GIVE HIM WHATEVER HE WANTS! He deserves the key to the city!
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Sat, 19 May 2012 02:59:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791798Bree’s lied about his knowledge of Bountygate. Who cares about what he does? Certainly not most of the NFL fans.
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Sat, 19 May 2012 00:04:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791608bozorocks says: May 18, 2012 4:01 PM

Drew Brees seems so low class at this point, who cares.
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Low class my…to keep it clean, let’s say backside. Drew is a professional athlete. This is his job, not a hobby. He has the right to try and negotiate the best deal he can get, and in Drew’s case he’s certainly earned it. I have absolutely no doubt that no matter what Brees’ contract ends up looking like, he’s already made the Saints much more money than they’ll be paying him.

Besides, too many people seem to forget a really important fact. Drew isn’t holding out. He’s not under contract. Technically speaking, at present Brees is not a member of the Saints organization. The Saints using the exclusive franchise tag on him simply means that he is prevented from negotiating a deal with any other team. It doesn’t mean that he is currently answerable to the Saints. He has the right to sign or not sign any offer (including the franchise tag) that the Saints might make. I don’t blame Brees for not wanting to sign the franchise tag offer or go into the season without a long term deal. He’s been down that road before with the Chargers, and it almost ended his career.

Brees has been a team player all along, and he’s more than proven his worth to the team with both his on field performance and off field popularity. In all likelihood, this will be the last contract Brees does as a player. He should make sure that it’s the right contract. The irony here is that the Saints are lowballing Brees for one reason only: they think that he’s too devoted to his teammates and the fans to miss any games or even training camp because of contract issues. In other words, they’re trying to screw him over because they see him as exactly the kind of player and team leader that every team is looking for. That’s just messed up.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 23:41:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791592Saints fan here. This is the way to look at this…for a couple of million a year (paid by a billionaire, you know how many million he has?), the Saints get to lock up their BEST PLAYER EVER for another four or five years. The result of which will be that thousands of Saints fans, such as myself, don’t tell the team to eff off and never watch another game.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 22:36:47 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791528Brees has it made. The fans want him to be the highest paid player ever and the owner has to bend over and pay the man.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 21:02:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791398What’s a starting QB worth to a franchise?
What’s a pro bowl QB worth to a franchise?
What’s an elite QB worth to a franchise?
What’s a top 3 QB who is a great leader worth to a franchise?
What’s a guy who gives back to the community and is the face of the team worth to a franchise?

Do the Saints really want to lose a leader like Brees for jerking him around over a couple million? The Saints seem to have forgetten the lean decades of the Aints and what an embarassment they were to pro sports.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 20:12:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791291Right now “Saints Management” is an oxymoran. I think it is a rudderless ship that has no direction on where it may be headed. It’s a grease fire.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 20:07:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791271Don’t pay the man.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 20:01:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791263Drew Brees seems so low class at this point, who cares.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 20:00:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791262Brees, just “retire” and go to a team that wants you next year. You can spend this year making a few million in an ESPN booth somewhere.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 20:00:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791261Poor me. I have made upwards of 50 million dollars in my career, and now that they won’t buckle and give me exactly what I want, they are keeping me out. Sounds like a child to me. Brees will be exposed this year without the playcalling of Payton. Just watch.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 19:28:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791194dlc618 says:
May 18, 2012 3:09 PM

Give Chase a chance

>>> Height, schmeight, he could be the next, um, Drew Brees.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 19:26:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791191Kind of tough, like a lot of players, Brees wants that end of career contract that always seems to bite teams in the behind. Saints know he’s one bounty hit away from an end of career injury.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 19:14:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791179weareluckytohavemikeflorio says:
May 18, 2012 2:41 PM
Brees is headed for politics would be my guess.
he comes to town talking about rebuilding this, doing that, when in actuality New Orleans was the ONLY team to give him serious money based on his shoulder injury.
now he led them to a superbowl and is trying to take bigtime advantage of NO at just the right time, when the GM and the coach arent going to be there,therefore making mr brees ‘mo important’.
he talks one game about loving NO and such and now wants to hold them hostage because they only want to give him 19.5 mill for 3 to 5 yrs.
Drew, thanks for finally showing your true self to the fans of NO and the rest of football.
You are no different than Peyton Manning, trying to drain the horse that feeds you and leaving it without enough cash to provide rations for the rest of the troops.
i mean come on dude.

So……..you’re in on all the contract negotiations? Got an insider feeding you info?

I’ve lived in Louisiana, and been a Saints fan all my life, and the Saints were never relevant until this guy got here. I understand the point of needing to have money to keep the rest of the team competitive, but if the Saints don’t have Brees, no one is under the impression that Chase Daniels will take this team anywhere.
He is bar none, the greatest player in the history of this franchise, and by all accounts, a pretty good guy.
Open up the checkbook, get it done, and we have as good a shot as any team in the league, to hoist the Lombardi in 2013.

Did you ever hear anything about what was going on in the defense meeting rooms?

As Captain, along with Vilma, did you ever talk about motivation of players on offense and defense?

Regarding Payton and his stated desire for the defense to be nasty, did you ever hear about how that was managed by the defense?

Have you ever talked with defense coaches or anyone on defense?

Are you completely ignorant?

Why?

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Fri, 18 May 2012 19:09:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791169Give Chase a chance…Brees has gotten too big for his Breeches.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 19:06:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791167Wait, you mean that Brees is treating this like its a LOCKOUT? I wonder where he got that idea.

I also agree with fijiabbermans345. That thing starting this entry and ending with a period is a clause at best.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 19:03:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791160Brees had the P.R. advantage the minute Saints management balked at giving him a long term deal. What else does one have to do to earn such a deal with the franchise he helped resurrect? Before Brees, N.O. Fans thought the Mora regime was as good as it got. Brees brought the the Lombardi Trophy. Now more than ever the Saints need stability and some positive momentum. As an earlier comment stated: Pay the man
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Fri, 18 May 2012 19:02:46 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791159sbdt-

Tell it like it is, brother.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 18:59:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791153JC, what is the ‘one’ incident you are referring to?
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Fri, 18 May 2012 18:52:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791141Saints fans have been upset with the lack of a contract since well before the bounty investigation. It was aggravating last season and it’s DEFINITELY aggravating this season. I think we’ve all been in the “How in the h3ll have they not signed him yet?” camp for months. And months.

As for the dude saying Drew did nothing for the city, while I usually embrace good ol’ “hater” comments and the banter that goes along with being a football fan, I think it’s important in this instance to just point out that you’re wrong, you have no information, and you sound like a fool.

And no one needs an explanation.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 18:46:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791126The Saints organization can only blame themselves if they alienate their fanbase by not re-signing Brees. Brees clearly deserves to be the highest paid quarterback in the NFL.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 18:44:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791121Pay the man
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Fri, 18 May 2012 18:41:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791115Drew Brees has ruined any credibility he had left after the “one” incident prior to kickoff 2 years ago. No one thinks he has any class or cares about anyone other than himself. One of the best QB’s in the league though will help fans get over that quick.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 18:41:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791114Brees is headed for politics would be my guess.
he comes to town talking about rebuilding this, doing that, when in actuality New Orleans was the ONLY team to give him serious money based on his shoulder injury.
now he led them to a superbowl and is trying to take bigtime advantage of NO at just the right time, when the GM and the coach arent going to be there,therefore making mr brees ‘mo important’.
he talks one game about loving NO and such and now wants to hold them hostage because they only want to give him 19.5 mill for 3 to 5 yrs.
Drew, thanks for finally showing your true self to the fans of NO and the rest of football.
You are no different than Peyton Manning, trying to drain the horse that feeds you and leaving it without enough cash to provide rations for the rest of the troops.
i mean come on dude.
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Fri, 18 May 2012 18:40:18 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=763151#comment-1791107Queue the ‘Drew wants an explanation’ garbage!!
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